11/16 In the following year he killed forty-two, and won the blue-ribbon of hog-hunting--the Kadir Cup. Two years afterwards he wrote and illustrated the standard book on pig-sticking (published by Messrs. Harrison and Sons), which is as famous a book in India as Mr. Thomas's delightful books on fishing. This time is usually spent in the tent sketching, dozing, and reading, with occasional "goes" of claret cup. |